Place:Webster, Mississippi, United States

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Webster County is a county located in center of the U.S. state of Mississippi, bordered on the south by the Big Black River. As of the 2010 census, the population was 10,253.

The county was organized in 1874 during the Reconstruction era; the biracial legislature named it after Massachusetts statesman Daniel Webster. Its county seat is Walthall, designated in 1876.

After the repeal of Prohibition in 1933, Webster County voters established this as a "dry county." In 2018 the legislature passed a bill allowing the transport of alcohol through even dry counties in the state.

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Timeline

Date Event Source
1873 Land records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1874 County formed Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1874 Marriage records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1874 Probate records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1879 Court records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1880 First census Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
1880 No significant boundary changes after this year Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990

Population History

source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
Census Year Population
1880 9,534
1890 12,060
1900 13,619
1910 14,853
1920 12,644
1930 12,128
1940 14,160
1950 11,607
1960 10,580
1970 10,047
1980 10,300
1990 10,222

Cemeteries

Cemeteries of Webster County, Mississippi, United States

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